Meet the Original Little Miss Characters
Roger Hargreaves Expanded His Series for Young Readers in the 1980s
Little Miss book are small books for small children. Like their male counterpart books, the books are about the size of a slice of bread, but far thinner and more amusing. Roger Hargreaves expanded his world of Mr. Men to include another gender in 1981, and having a list of characters is helpful to readers trying to sort out the dynamics of the Mr. Men world. Hargreaves did not write and illustrate all of the books alone; his son Adam contributed to later books. Here are the books, in order of publication.
The Little Miss Books Published in 1981
- Little Miss Bossy -This character is a blue circle with a red hat. She lives up to her name by ordering around the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters.
- Little Miss Naughty - This character is a purple oval with a green bow. She stirs up trouble across Mr. Men land.
- Little Miss Neat - This quiet character is a green oval with black hair and a blue hat. In today's world, she might be called Little Miss OCD.
- Little Miss Sunshine - This is one of the most famous Little Miss characters, and has no connection to the 2006 movie of the same name. She is a yellow circle with pigtails.
- Little Miss Tiny - This character is a small pink oval. She wears a blue bow.
- Little Miss Trouble - This character is a yellow circle with freckles and red hair.
- Little Miss Helpful - This character is a deep purple oval, with yellow-gold hair.
- Little Miss Magic - This character is a tan oval with brown hair and a light blue bow. Her facial expression, despite Hargreave's simple drawing, shows she knows something readers do not.
- Little Miss Shy - This character is a blue oval with pink cheeks, and her body language shows her shyness by her hands being up where her mouth should be.
- Little Miss Splendid - This character is a yellow circle with a colorful hat and accessories. Her nose is in the air, literally.
- Little Miss Late - This orange-tan character is an oval in motion. She has red, curly hair.
- Little Miss Scatterbrained - This character is a red circle. She wears a green hat and carries a bag.
- Little Miss Plump (also published as Little Miss Greedy) - This character is an orange lump of generous proportions. She has yellow hair and a blue hat.
Little Miss Books Published in 1984
- Little Miss Giggles - This character is a blue circle with red hair and yellow bows. She is a giggler, as her name implies.
- Little Miss Twins - These two little characters are yellow circles with blue bows.
- Little Miss Chatterbox - This character is a pink semi-circle with yellow hair.
- Little Miss Dotty - This character is a brown oval with yellow hair and a hat.
- Little Miss Lucky - This character is a pink oval with a large, puffy hat.
- Little Miss Star - Miss Star is famous in the Mr. Men community because Roger Hargreaves featured a character based on himself in the book. She is a small blue square with rounded corners, and she has a mass of orange curls.
- Little Miss Fickle - This character is an orange oval with black pigtails, which stick out in the style of Pippi Longstocking. She wears a blue hat.
More little Miss Books were published after Mr. Hargreaves death in 1988, and although those book have his name, they are more likely written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves, but based on Roger Hargreaves. These books are known as the Little Miss Classic Library books, and include more characters. After the family sold the rights to the books in 2004, the shows have seen a steady increase of new characters.
Little Miss Chatterbox, In Sugar Form
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